The Sun. — London, England, 1836-05-21 00:00:00

SP IRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Irish disappointment has rarely vented itself in a more nati ve or genu i ne stra i n t h an i n th e exc l amat i on 'at a Cork Edi tor , at t h e i nt i ma ti on o f L or d M orpe th, the re -payment of the Million Loon will not be ,riled for by the Government, and that those instal n!ents of it which have been exacted, by means of Ex quer processes, and other modes of legal torture, 8 411 be refunded to the payers. "It thus appears," gaYs this thick and thin instructor, " that all the labour, 124 y, bloodshed, of the recovery of instalments, is to go for nothing." What a hard case T. The heroes of a hundred processes are thus doomed to see their laurels ha s lik e commonest wee d s. F or any f ru i t t h at have com e o f t h e i r campa i gn i ng , t h ey m i g ht as we ll no t 'aye " kept their powder dry." And have they re resented th e t err ifi c ma j es ty of the learned Barons, dead into houses, by virtue of that personation, at uead of night, and on fitting occasions even done anti-tithe rebels to death—and all this "to go for no thing !" Is it for this they have themselves fallen sometimes into the power of " the Philistines," been ~znpelled to chew parcbment, ay, and swallow it too, like househ o ld bread, for nothing. " Cur quis sic prandeat, line est ?" Never was such a contempt of court meditated or at tempted bef or e, never th e vested rights of bloodshed so unmannerly shoved aside, never tiger so ruthlessly bereft of his prey. The trophies of ltathcormac, the hard-earned honours of Wallstown, to be thus quoited into schedule A. " Oh, oh—'tis foul." Surely the Rouse of Lords will look to this. The Irish Tories will invoke a Lyndhurst to the rescue. Will they not Sa Y to him— " Operum hoc, mini crede, tuorum est ?" Will they not appeal to that spirit of economy, Which has so recently and so honestly animated the other tenants of the great house, to array itself against so atrocious an abandonment of the public exchequer, nor suffer all that precious " labour and bloodshed to go for nothing !" , There is something so insulting in requiri ng c l erg y men an d tithing landlords, who have called in the instalments, to carry the pieces of silver which are the price of so much toil and danger back to the Treasury, that we should not wonder if this Clause alone should prove fatal to the Bill.—Morning Chronicle. As Mr. O'Connell in the autumn of 1835 busied himself in getting un a Radical agitation throughout England to serve the purpoSes of his Whig vassal Ministers, two or three of these personages are now returning him the compliment, and are brewing toge ther the elements of a Roman Catholic agitation, for the service of O'Connell and the Priests. The scenes of th e learned incendiary's undertakings were out of doors, but that chosen by the Ministers of the (Irish) Crow n is within the walls of Parliament. It is very Painful to be compelled into a daily repetition of the same remonstrances, by the incorrigible pertinacity with which the same false assertions and assumptions are P4sist e d i n . The two charges against the House of Lords, " that they have withheld municipal institutions from Ireland," and thereby stigmatized the " people of Irela n d," by declaring them to be unfit for the duties of local self-government, though exposed and refuted 48 often as they were produced, are now once more, and we conceive in a shameless manner, repeated by Lord J. Russell. The Noble Lord, or rather Mr. Spring Rice, this Lordship's bottle-holder on the occasion, may pro fess to be indignant at the imputation of his agreeing W ith Mr. O'Connell in any lolitical sentiment,'but on Mese points at least the Noble Lord's language is identically the same with that of the Demagogue's let ter, published the very morning of the day on which }his Lordship spoke. Here, then, we accuse the Mi nisterial leader in the House of Commons of falling into the pitiful course, usually pursued by none who are not fools or impostors, and provoking the ridicule of all who are neither—namely, the substitution of names for things. What is a municipal Government ? An institution according to which certain powers arc exer cised by those of the inhabitants of a town who pos aess a qualification defined and specified by the law. But, in order to deprive a people of such an institu tion, it is necessary, first, to show that they have en ioYed or would be capable of exercising 'it. Now, can either of these assertions be truly made with regard to 1 ,; 4 t class of the people of Ireland who form the majority 4tolle burgesses contemplated by the original Bill of the to v enientioned Ministers ? A little more is necessary „ w i ,nt(ls the reality of a " municipal " institution than to it by that name. Lord J. Russell may pass an act ; :t Parli amen t granting privileges to the people of Ire and wh o i n habit town-dwellings worth W. a year, but if it be a matter capable of proof, that the•majority of that description of householders will not, and cannot, exercise those privileges otherwise than under an irre sistible moral duress—if the privilege be worked in variably and inevitably, not according to the personal wishes or interests of parties legally possessing them, but under the dictation, and for the purposes, of other Parties, to whom the law has not meant to confide any such supr e m ac y over the actions of ally portion of the - ;king's subjects—why, then, that is not a municipal znstitution, and the refusing it to Ireland is not the ref• usal of the right of self-government—a right, the capacity to exercise which is not the consequence of e law, nor imputable as a crime to Parliament. Agai n , we are told that the rejection of such a Muni tPal Bill as has been framed by Ministers is not only ue privation of a privilege, but the infliction of a i t 'gtna upon the people of Ireland. The wealthy and 0 1.1 ,,depend en t Protestants, we presume, form a portion 0 , 1 that people, and are somewhat better entitled to take th e at their exclusion from corporate privileges than I e Romish multitude can pretend to be. The Pro testants, moreover, have actually enjoyed and exercised icise privileges, which the Roman Catholics have not. a et, deprived as are the Protestants of a power . in ?uapossession, and sharing at least equally with the papistsls the exclusion, they murmur not either at the axed Which they have sustained, or at the disgrace It " 1 xed to them. The cry, therefore, is pure faction. 1. 0 is another peg on which to hang a fresh " Hurrah agitation.' There is no reason, nor truth, nor so jay, in such grievances ; but they keep up the spirit 4 .; disturb ance —th a t i s a ll. We observe the 'gaine is , r eady beginning at Dublin. Sir J. Graham put and forcibly before the House the system of ith this outcry is an acknowledged part: The Bill, fal sely termed " Municipal Reform," is eine of a , Z r lcs of Irish encroachments upon the state and • °Lardy ( as they now exist, which are to be used, 11 8 steppin-stones to further violences committed the Cody of our English institutions. Every I .:Y.' concession to Irish Popery is a new po wer ise s against the constitution of Great Britain ; in the phrase of Joseph Hume, recalled to e recollection of the House by Sir James Graham, , w e shall then speak to Ministers in a different tone. 4r e w many more " ca rryings out" of the Reform Bill ta e to follow, the Member for Middlesex has taken e not to inform us. But Lord J. Russell insi nuates that this Bill, with the amendments of the 1 ,7 11 " of Lords, has deprived Ireland of the hope of teicipal institutions. The Bill does no such thing ; e jlllellB no hope but that of establishing " normal i h uools fo r agitation." But it "vests enormous powers • the Lord-Lieutenant." The amendments of the t il• l ". invest his Excellency with no such powers. Th e as. agreed to by Ministers in the Commons, took C r a l all the substantial powers originally designed for Ill i _belses and councils, save only that of electing Com i 4, 4 8 or 'ers for administering property under trusts ; privilege indeed, has been transferred, and right thel tron,ferred, to the Lord-Lieutenant, but it is to II ?* one conveyed by the Lords' amendments f erre T li:xcenenev which had not been already con- Th e ' "Pon him by the House of Commons itself. ie til Prilne grievance of this measure, as amended, t it does not establish by law periodical oppor clist_e,s for multitudinous meetings, and for consequent tr o th g !le . e of the public peace. Agitation gains no -4440 It, and therefore the House of Lords must be lio n . Y e d , as a stumbling-block in the path of agita theref Mr. Daniel O'Connell gains little by it, and Ile al ° l.e , in his personation of the people of Ireland, Lo ut ' t , e "shes the House of Lords, or repeals the Union. ,"e truth is, that the whole of this fresh turmoil is Inanceuvre. The Ministry is in danger of 41 ,g1 4 : t % i i t i s 8 r . a . nks thinned . by one or more involuntary re m-1,14d , and if the remnant can ride home upon the im € 's of the mob, it man supply the defect of an • 4' y the • rein.orcenient. Whatever may be effected ral)';)le, sure we are, that the House of Lords never at, any period of history held a prouder station in the esteem and confidence of all enlightened Eng glishmen than now, when they have drawn upon them selves the revilings of O'Connell, and the sneering dis satisfaction of Messrs. Russell and Rice.—Times. Whenever the Irish agitator is quiet, the Ministers are tranquil ; whenever he becomes furious and noisy, they partake of the e xcitement, and feebly imitate his " wild Irish howl." During the present Session up to a day or two ago, the Agitator was comparatively tame and insipid, and Ministers were as placid and unruffled as dull men ought to be. It was even supposed that during the whole of the Session they would continue to "sleep the noiseless tenor of their way ;" but lo on a sudden, the calm of the political firmament is disturbed by one of those sudden peals of mock thun der with which the Salmoneus of the Kerry 'Olympus delights to make the welkin ring. The effects upon Ministers are perfectly electric—they start from their repose—they become strangely excited—they threaten the Lords—they throw firebrands among the people— they talk of organic changes, and, worked up to the fever-heat of political frenzy, even before the " raging of the dog-day," they wildly shadow forth the horrors of a common movement, and stare revolution in the face. But though the weather and Ministers are hot, we can assure them the country is cool. The time of mad excitement and popular folly in support of Whig-Radical ambition is gone by. The people find that the faction which is most ready to stir up their passions when their power is in danger, have a wonderful facility of forgetting benefits re ceived and promises made, as soon as the necessity for popular co-operation is past. They stirred up the working classes when they wanted their support. They encouraged the Unionists until they could do without them. They evinced their gratitude by cutting them down at Calthorpe-street, and transporting them at Dorchester, when they ceased to require their assist ance; and they would do so again, if the people trusted them, and neglected their peaceful industry, to reinforce the battalions of Ministerial jobbers, and ambitious agitators, marching to storm the House of Lords. The evening before O'Connell published his latest tirade against the Lords, all was quiet in the political world. So far were Ministers from repudiating the amended Bill which he denounces, that the Marquis of Lansdowne himself moved its third reading in the House of Lords, when no Conservative Peer would carry it an inch nearer towards becoming a law. Why then did a Cabinet Minister adopt the aniendcd Bill ? Why did he pass it through the House of Lords ? IVli. O'Connell had not then launched his " thunder," and Ministers wished to steal on as quietly as possible to the end of the Session, and avoid every thing like a " crisis" or a " collision," that might put their salaries in danger. But O'Connell, resolving to make a last desperate effort for his much-desired " normal schools of political agitation," published his epistolary call to excitement, and Ministers were obliged to leave their beds of roses, where Peel's mitigated eloquence rather soothed than disturbed their slumbers, and to make the din of preparation for the threatened collision. It is true that Lord John Russell, coming into the House of Commons fresh from the perusal of Mr. O'Con nell's letter, did in the first instance exhort the House to act with that calmness and temper which best be came the dignity of its character—but Lord John was the first to treat with contempt his own counsel, and in the very breath in which it was given. He felt that his political existence—the existence of the Cabinet, depended upon a prompt and obsequious answer to Mr. O'Connell's call. He, therefore, lost no time in show ing, that the dignified calmness of conduct to which he alluded meint nothing else than such ,‘ dignified calmness" as converts a deliberative assembly Into an arena for the conflict of fierce and malignant passions, bearing down reason and driving reflection from the field. The denunciations against the House of Lords and the threats of organic changes made by Lord John Rus sell and Mr. Hume, were met by Sir G. Sinclair and Sir James Graham with a power of reasoning, sar casm, and eloquence, which were worthy of the cause that they had to maintain—the cause of true liberty— of Conservative Reform of the British Constitution, against the doctrines of destructive innovation and licentious democracy. We believe that a sound, so ber, and enlightened attachment to the institutions under which this country grew to be one of the greatest empires on the earth, was never more prevalent than it is at the present moment among the people of Great Britain. That attachment to the rights and liberties secured to the people by our Protestant Constitution cannot be subverted by the arts, or, intimidated by the threats, of ambitious demagogues. Let them try if they dare to revolutionize the Constitution, by destroy ing the independence of the House of Lords, and they will soon be cured of their error, if their infatuation be not incurable.—Morning Herald. The one thing needful—the great political neces sity—the reform of the House of Lords, which we were the first to foretel that the insensate and invete rate hostility of that assembly to popular rights and national interests, would, sooner or later, force upon the attention of the public and the House of Com mons, as the only means of escape and protection from the thraldom of a corrupt, cruel, tyrannical, and base-minded aristocracy, has at length been put in a le gitimate form for general discussion by Mr. O'Connell, who last night gave notice in the House of Commons, that on the 21st of next month (June) he would bring forward a . motion for the reform of the House of Lords, and the substitution of the elective for the hereditary principle in the constitution of that branch of the Senate. The question may now be considered as fairly launched—and, like all others which have the popular voice in their favour, will be irresistibly borne forward on the tide of public opinion, public justice, public intelligence, and common sense, until it be safely and securely lodged on the Statute Book. In the progress of the Lords to the rubicon of our rights we have repeatedly warned, and, for their own sakes, intreated them to beware. Our cautions and remonstrances have not only been unheeded, but treated with contempt, insult, and threats. The fatal boun dary has been passed. The Legion, as they have been appropriately termed, has arrayed itself against the peo ple—it is now too late to hope or effect a compromise —one or other must yield, and be the war wordy or otherwise—we are now prepared to prove the mettle of our pasture—hurrah for the onset—and may God defend the right 1 But let us not use language which may be misconstrued. Nothing but actual insanity on the part of the Lords can excite, or even hazard, a vio lent collision. The just appreciation of their rights, and the firm determination of purpose, which characte rise the British people, and which has already effected reforms under circumstances more difficult, but not more necessary than that of the Lords, will also now effect the transfusion of a vigorous and healthy vital principle into that debilitated and diseased body. The collision must be simply as a moral one—and for one very efficient reason— that there is no materiel on one side for a physical colli sion. It is not the opposition of some 300 political and moral debauches to twenty-four millions of a brave intelligent people, that can be termed a violent colli sion—the thing is absurd. We defy its most zealous and able advocates to prove that hereditary legislation has basis in any principle but what is absurd and fraudulent, nor on any feeling but that which origi nates in prejudice or folly. Whence, then, .is to come the morale for a collision ? From the sophis• tries of a Lyndhurst—the intolerance of a Cumber land—the ravings of a Winchilsea or Roden—the obstinacy of a Wellington—and the plausible duplicity of a Peel ? Can such a combination oppose an effec tual moral, or rather immoral, opposition to a whole nation, whom an independent Press can arouse to ac tion, as prompt and simultaneous as that of an indivi dual ? Fudge I Let the people but speak the word, and the Lords are reformed with a facility almost as rapid as that with which Omnipotence called forth niedreatbe— elight," light by the sublime m Let and the fact was simultaneou s with the word. So with a Reform of the Lords — the p eo p le hav e but to desire , there and th e deed is effected by the expression of their will. The notice given by Mr. Grove Price that h e wou ld move that Mr. O'Connell's motion be erased from the notices, "as subversive of the principles of the Con stitution, derogatory of the character, and abusiv e of the privileges o f th e H o use of Commons,' is too ridi culous to canvass seriously. The House laughed at him, and we can only consider that the Hon. Gentle man intended it merely as a jest. The reform of the House of Commons might as well have been stigmatised in similar language. The first principle of the Constitution is representative government, and Mr. O'Connell's motion is intended merely to rescue that principle from hereditary usurpatiorh We refer to an account of the proceedings at a pre liminary meeting held in Dublin, particularly to the speech of Mr. Sheil (with the special exception of his il(-judged, unmerited, and ill-timed euloginm on Sir R. Peel), published in our present number, for infor mation with regard to the intentions of the people of Ireland. They have already proved, in procuring Catholic emancipation, what may be effected by unity of purpose and simultaneous exertion, and are again ready for another effort. On the present occasion but one feeling can actuate the three great divisions of the empire, and, in the words of the Dublin Morning Re gister, in commenting on the proceedings to which we have just made allusion, we address the people of Great Britain as our Contemporary addresses Ireland— " Awake ! Arise I or be for ever fallen 17-111orning Advertiser. THE SUN, • LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1836. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK SI OCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c.&c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 20. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Shires. -Annum. Paid. Share. ~700 6' per cent. Ashton and Oldham...Average 971. 18s. sh. 162 1,482 . 61. Ashby.tle-le-Zouch Average 11:3/. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOO/. sh. 51 1,005 51. Breck floc,. and Abergavenny 150. sh. 90 4,00115 h. 121. 10s. Birmingham, I -16th share l7l. 10s. 206 4,00 i) Ditto and Liverpool Junct....loo/. sh. all pd 30, 6,10 .. ...... . Bridgewater and Taunton -1004 sh. all pd 64 403 5/. Cheliner and Blackwater root sh. 102 500 421. Coventry 1001. sh. 775 4,516 i;roydon Average 311.25.104. sh. 3 100 ' 2,41 Oa 10s. Dudley 100/. sh. 78 100/. sh. 120 6:10 61. I)er bv 20,000 3,5751 Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. sh. 84 231 43 • Erewash 1 sh. 44X) 1,297 2 , Y. Forth and Clyde Average 4(12.165. sh. 590 1,509 121. Grand June s° --- .„_ .. .....0 1 1. sh. 211 2,'1491 Grand Union 1001. sh. 25 1,5.1 Grand Surrey lOOl. sh. 10,000/. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl. 75 3,,410 Grand Western POO 131. 12s. Sd. Glamiirganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 230 1,960 Gloucester and Berkley IOW. sh. 14 749 1(9. (;ranthain 150/. sh. 20: 3,238 11. lOs II taldersfitld Average 57/. Os. 6d. sh. 3'. 103 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 11 1,:328 U. Kennet and Avon, Average 39/. Bs. 10d. sh. 1 1 2,897 204 Leeds and Liverpool 1004 sh. 51 sks ' 121. Leicester l4O/. sh. 14 907 4/. Leicester and Northampton... Aver E 43/. 10s. 7 2,409 9/. Monmouthshire 1001. sh. 16 250 9/. Melton Mowbray 1004 sh. 2( 500 25/. Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh. a 3,000 247 15/. Neath 1004 sh. a 1,786 321. Oxford 100/. sh. 5' 522 121. Oakham 130/. sh, 2,400 44 Peak Forest Average about 78/. 611. 1 31,418 14s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 16s. Bd. sh. 5,069 5/, per cent. 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Leicester and Swannington _XI. sh. all pd Liverpool and Manchester-1001. sh. 100/.1.11 Ditto Quarter Shares 0 5/. pd Loughborough .. ..... Average 142/. 17s. sh. London and Brighton Ditto ditto (Gibbs') ...201. sh. 1/. pd Ditto ditto (Rennie) London and 13Iackwall 501. sh. 3/. pd London and Dover 501. sh. 1/. pd London and Gravesend 20/ sh li. pd London and Greenwich O/. sls. 204 pd London and Birmingham ...1001. sh. (10/. pd London and Southampton ....0/. sh. PL. pd London and Croydon 5/. pd Northern and Eastern lOO/. sh. 3/. pd North Midland lOOl. sh. 51.1x1 Preston and Wyre 'O/. sh. :3/. pd Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 'Mantes Haven 5O/. sh. 2/. 103. rid York and North Midland 5O/. sh. 1/. pd MINES. 2 530 .... MO 10,000 2,000 30,000 30,040 2,000 2,100 2,1(10 1,500 5,100 9 per cent. 70 144/. 10,000 45,n00 12,000 30,000 20,(X)0 3 per cent, 25,000 20,1,00 20,000 12,500 2,000 1,(00 ('l. per cent. 8,000 6,00 , 1 ...... 8,000 4,000 10,000 ..... 2,000 10,000 31. s. 6,0 0 10,000 10,000 . ..... 20,0 v I 1/..105. 6,000 „, ..... . 11,000 10,000 B,aoo . ..... 2;1.10 3/. 20,000 6,155 11;500 ..Stock ..Stock 1 , 1 3; 18 15 30,000 1,000 1,500 ;00 5.1 1:3 14 251 311 2-2 • Lkg/ 138 .271 51 ....... Albion Copper ...... ',/. sh. 21. pd Alien 15/. sh. 101. lOs p 0 Anglo Mexican, iss. 51. pm.... 100/. sh. all pd Ditto Subscription •,)/. pd Bol.mos 150/. sh all od Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pin. 35/. sh. 204 p 4 Macaubas ti (:ocaes United ....25/. sh. 20/. pd Ditto St. John liel Rey 9 01. sh. St/. pd lolivar Copper Company "0/. sh. 21,4: pd Ditro Scrip, 41. ptl British Iron . . so/. sh. stl pd British Copper 5l. sh. 31/. pd Cata Branca.... tif,/. pd Candonga - /. pd Copiapo 2Ol. sh 124 . / pd Coltimbian, iss. Si. pm. English l2/ Its. pd General Mining Association...2o/. sit. 15/. ;A Mexican Compriy 10,1. sh 511. pi Polberou Consols ill. sh. Si. pd Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes 150/. pd United Mexican, iss. 2 pm ....401. sh. all pd Ditro Scrip Ditto Subscription '2l. pd Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd Union Gold, iss. 21. 55. pin.... 203/. sh. 44/. pd West Cork su/. sh. 50/. pd 36 LITERARY I NSTITU nONS. London, with, Bronze Time* 75gs. sh. 21- Lond,in University lia7/. sh. all pd 25 Russell osgs. sh. S King' College ...1001. pil 30 MISCELLANEOUS. • • L 51 151 r 5? 10,000 .... 10s. Australian Agricultural....loBl. sh 2f'l. pd 40 1,030 11. Auction Mart 50/. sh. 19 6,0i10 British American Land Company ... 13/. pd 1.3 10,000 0/ per Cont. Canada Coin,)any 100/. sh. 201. pd 38 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan 4pm City Bonds, 4 per cent lO3 15,000 It. per cent. “encral Steam Navigation ...15/..h. 13/, pd Liii U. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 a London Com. time Rooms Av. 751. sh. 19 New Brunswick Land Company 9 8/ pd 2,51 2,754. 5/. per c'nt. Reversionary Interest 50c...1001. sh. 100/. pd 132} 2,633 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 451. pd 771 4,000 10,000 Van Diemel.'s Land lie!. sh. 17/. pd 151 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, MAY 14, IS3(. BANKS. _ _ 1.500,00 V. 6/. p. et. Ilan': of Fcotruli 63/. 6s 8.1. sh. all pd 2041. 2, 000 .0 1 1 - I. 58 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 4701. 500,0.M1. l p. et. British Linen Company 100/. sh. ,11 pd 2401. 3,000,0:x1. 61. p. ct. Commercial ' "iOOl. sh. 1001. pd 160/. 5, 1 ) 00 , 9(. 01. sp. et. National Mit sh: 101. pd 1531. 2,00 t.o , tel. 41. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2'o/. sh. 501. pd MY. ti ooo o o /. 4p. ct. Western of Footialut 2OOl. sh 30/. pd 371. '=S'.e,foNINSURANCE COMPANIES. p. li. fl et. Scottish Union 2O l. sh. 11 . pd 2.!s 0 00 hp. et. Hercules I'B,ollo sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland —JO/. sh. all pd 71 Os, 50, 0 00 6 p. ct. North British . - 200/. sh. Ili/. pot 15/. ...,.. _._ .-. . IM p O 5 . et, raledoniau Fire 1001. sh. MIA 15410 s 5,( " o p. et. Edinburgh lace 100/. oh. 101. pcl 14/10s 100,000 4p. ct. West or Scotland lOl. pc! 9/ 103 511SCELLA NE 4 ) Us 4,510 ......... rah, and Gila, Un. Cana1...50/. sh. all pd '221. Ditto Allocated 45;1. Ai. all pa 65/. 5 , 100 5 per cent. Eslint,.*Joint Stock Water Ti/. sh all pd 3711. Carrot: Iron Company a:',ol. sh. all pd 41,,11. 000-h. 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Fouroterv.. 5O/. sh. :W. Pd dal. 0,000 3 per cent. Etlitibu--1) & Leith Glass O/.sh. 16/. pd Sit. 4,t,00 10 cent. pet ., Edinbur g h Coal Gas .51 , sh. all pd 95/. 4,Kiti Id per cent. Glasgow Gas 251. sh. all pd 601. 750 6 per cent. Leith Coa: Gas ~o i. all. all lot 371. 1,2 , 0 h per cent. Edinburgh and Dalkon!) IZailw,ty...so/.sh. 601. 3,000 51 per cent. Equitable Lo,..lCompany., 2:i/ all, 9/. pd 101. POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT. TO THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS Of HIS MAJESTY'S TREASURY. The following document was yesterday laid before both Houses of Parliament : " Fourth Report of the Cammissioners, appointed by a Treasury Minute of the 9th May, 1833, to inquire into the mode of conducting the business of the Post-Office Department. " We have had under our consideration the general ma nagement of the post, and we feel convinced that it would be impossible for us to propose any substantive alteration in the number of clerks employed, the mode of conducting the business, or any of the complicated machinery of the department, without, in fact, putting ourselves in the situa tion of Postmaster-General, and devoting many months to the investigation. We have, however, sufficiently informed ourselves on the subject to be satisfied that an alteration in the present system is absolutely necessary, and that the su pervision of a Board properly constituted, and subject to the control of the Treasury, would tend much to a more regular and satisfactory discharge of the business of this important department. " It - appears to us that it is the strong tendency of the present system to place all the duties and powers, both of control and execution; in the hands of a single subordinate officer ; and, although we are not disposed to undervalue. the services of Sir Francis Freeling, vet we cannot think that this is the proper and satisfactory constitution of any public department. The Duke of Richmond, indeed, broke through the practice he found established of leaving the management almost entirely in the hands of the Secretary, and was in the habit of constantly attending and transact ing business in person ; and we have reason to believe that his successors have followed his example. But the public has no security against a recurrence to the former system ; and when we consider how ineffectual any control over such a department must be, without an intimate knowledge of its details, we feel satisfied that as long as it is vested solely in a high officer of state, liable to be removed with every change of Administration, it is not likely that it will be much more than nominal. !. We, therefore, recommend that a Board of Commis sioners, with a responsible chief in Parliament, should be substituted for the office of Postmaster-General. We pro pose that the Board shall be constituted on such a principle as to make it necessary for the department to be under the immediate control of the Commissioners ; and, with this view, we recommend that all correspondence, except what relates merely to matters of detail and ordinary occurrence, shall pass through them by letters signed by themselves, and that no money shall be paid but by drafts with their signatures. We are of opinion that all the officers of the department, whether surveyors, superintendents, or comp trollers, should act only through the Board, and that no clerk or officer should hold any other situation, or receive any pay, fee, or emolument, but the actual sum put down against his name, and considered commensurate to the duty he performs. We also recommend that a record of all official acts done by the Board shall be regularly kept, and that an annual Report be made to the Treasury of any alterations in the preceding year, of new expenses incurred, and of the general state of the revenue. " It nay be said that a Postmaster-General can do all that is here recommended ; but, looking to other depart ments, we are convinced that, in practice, it would not be done by an individual. We consider a Board to be pecu liarly calculated to conduct the management of such a de partment as the Post-office, which requires daily attend ance, constant supervision, and a general control of the va rious branches connected with' it ; and we express this opi nion with the greater confidence, as wo find that all those •ho have preceded tis in their inquiries into this subject have arrived at the same conclusion. We refer, especially, to the Report of the Select Committee of Finance, pre sented in 1797 ; to the 9th Irish Report of the Commis sioners of Inquiry into Fees and Gratuities, in 1809 ; and to the 18th and 19th Reports of the Commissioners of Re venue ,Inquiry, in 1829. We agree with them in recom mending that the Board shall be composed of a Chief and subordinate Commissio . ners ; but we are of opinioh that three of the latter would be sufficient, one of whom might occasionally visit Dublin and Edinburgh. " We are not without hopes that when the Commis sioners have made themselves practically acquainted with the machinery and various duties of the Post-office, they will feel justified in proposing to your Lordships a reduc- tion in several branches of the establishment ; and we are satisfied that such suggestions can be most safely acted upon when they come from those whose experience gives weight to their opinions. We believe, therefore, that we shall most usefully discharge our duty by proceeding to in vestigate those larger branches of the subject, to which we have not yet directed our attention, such as the Steam packet Establishment, and other questions, of a general nature ; but we are persuaded that your Lordships will egree with us that very dangerous consequences might ensue, if, on the examination of a Commission tempo rarily appointed, your Lordships were induced to make reductions in the establishment in London, which, in prac tice, might be found inapplicable to the service required. " It is with these feelings, and upon the best considera- tion that we have been able to give to the subject, that we recommend to your Lordships, even in the present session of Parliament, to give directions that a Bill may be prepared which will enable the Treasury to appoint a Board of Com missioners for the management of the Post-office. (Signed) " DUNCANNON. •.:• " H. LABOUCHERE. " SEYMOUR. Office of Woods, July 23, 1835. We have appended some evidence to this report, which has been received at different times from various officers of the Post-office. We think it advisable to postpone ex pressium an opinion on the subject to which it refers until your Lordships have taken into consideration the recom mendations which we have now made. " Fifth Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Post-Office Department, by a Treasury Minute of 9th May, 1835. " Your Lordships, having referred to us several memo rials, complaining, of the high rate of Postage charged for the conveyance of Commercial Lists and Prices Current, we have proceeded to investigate this subject, and to consi der whether certain facilities might be given for the trans mission of periodicals of this nature without injury to the revenue. " This question engaged the attention of a former Com mission appointed to inquire into the Post-office Depart ment : after examining several merchants, brokers, and officers of the Post-office, they presented two Reports to the Treasury in May last, stating the result of their inquiry. " From these Reports, and the evidence which accom panied them, we have received much valuable information. " We have also obtained the opinion of Lord Lowther, who is intimately acquainted with all points relating to the transmission of Prices Current. " We agree generally with the suggestions which he has made, and beg to submit his Report and evidence for your Lordships' consideration. " By the Act 4 and 5 Will. IV. c. 44, the Postmaster- General is authorized to contract for the conveyance of certain unstamped publications, formerly circulated under the privilege of the Clerks of the Roads. Very few publi cations have, however, been sent under this authority, and the rates of composition which have been demanded by the Postmaster-General are so high as to amount almost to a prohibition. " We find that in France, and generally on the Con tinent, the circulation of Prices Current, at a low charge, is encouraged by the Government, and we are of opinion that any facility which can be given for the transmission of mer cantile information must tend to promote the commercial interests of the country ; we, therefore, beg to recommend to your Lordships, in the first place, that English Prices Current, and publications of a similar nature published in this country, be permitted to pass through the medium of the Post-office without the imposition of a charge so high as to impede their general circulation. • " We are aware that from the immense correspondence, the number and size of newspapers, and the heavy bulk of Parliamentary and official documents, it would be impos— sible, under the present arrangements of the Post-office Department, to give to all mercantile publications that fa cility which might otherwise be desirable : nevertheless we are of opinion, that the conveyance by post of Prices Cur rent, under-certain restrictions, will not materially add to the weight of the mails, or occasion much inconvenience by the a dditional duty which will be imposed on the clerks of the Inl.lnd Office. " Lord Lowther, in his Report, recommends that Prices Current should be permitted to pass free through the Post-oflice, but that they should be required to be printed on paper bearing a stamp. His Lordship proposed that twopence should be the maximum rate of duty charged, and contemplated the reduction of this duty to one penny, if it did not admit eventually of a still further reduction. We are also of opinion that it would be more convenient. that the c harge for the transmission of these publications should be iu t h e nature of a stamp, as this tax would be collected with much greater facility and certainty than a postage, and avoid the additional duty which must otherwise be imposed on the Post-Office. " With respect to the amount of duty to be imposed, we felt inclined to suggest to your Lordships, that the charge should not exceed a halfpenny ; but, when we take into consideration the reduction which is contemplated in the Stamp Duty on Newspapers, we fear that it may be deemed inexpedient, at present, to permit the transmission of Prices Current fir a less charge than that which is imposed on Newspapers. " We hope ; however, that after the proposed system has come into operation, and its effect been experienced, your Lordships may find it practicable to permit the free trans• mission of Prices Current by post, if printed on paper bear ing a halfpenny stamp. From - the evidence of the Secretary of the Stamp-Office and the Solicitor of the Post-office, we are induced to be lieve that our recommendation s can b e rea dil y carr i e d i nto effect b 3 eauthorizing the Commi ss i oners o f S tamps to affix a stamp bearing a certain duty on Prices Current intended for circulation by post, (such publications, when unstamped, not to be made liable to any penalty,) and by givin:- a power to the Postmaster-General to allow them to go free of postage if so stamped. " It will be proper, at the same time, in order to protect the Revenue and guard against frauds, to authorize the Postmaster-General, with the concurrence of the Lords of the Treasury, to define what publications shall be permitted to circulate as Prices Current, and to make regulations with respect to the form in which they shall be received. And, further, to prevent their becoming a vehicle for advertisements, it has been recommended that strict rules should be laid down that they should contain nothing but the names of the articles to be sold, and-their prices, and that the names and residences of the sellers should be excluded." " If Prices Current are allowed to circulate on payment of a halfpenny stamp, we think that they should be re stricted to half an ounce in weight, which would be suffi cient for the ordinary purposes of trade ; and a higher stamp duty might be required for anything exceeding this. In case, however, they should be subjected to the same charge as newspapers, it would be unfair to impose a re striction on them which did not equally apply to news papers._ . . " We regret that we are unable, at present, to submit to your Lordships any general plan for the transmission of foreign Prices Current. The question is embodied in the other propositions which have been made by the French Government ; and, when the result of the negotiation now in progress is made known, we shall be glad to take the subject into consideration, if your Lordships desire that we should do so. " DUNCANNON. " H. LABOUCHERE. " SEYMOUR. Office of Woods, April 11, 1836." SUICIDE OF THE HON. BERKELEY CRAVEN. A cpnsiderable sensation has been produced in the fashionable sporting world by the suicide of the Hon. Berkeley Craven, so well known on the turf, who put a period to his existence by shooting himself through the head with a pistol, at his residence, No. 17, Connaught terrace, Edgeware-road. The particulars of the melan choly affair are as follow : The deceased, it appeared, was a loser by the Derby stakes to an enormous extent ; some say as much as 30,0001. As soon as the result of the rase became known, he was observed by his friends to be excessively agitated, and in this state he left Epsom, and arrived at his residence, the same (Thursday) night. He flung himself on the sofa in the parlour in a state of mental distraction, and all at tempts to solace him being in vain, the domestics were forced reluctantly to leave him, and retired to bed at a late hour. About six o'clock on the following (yesterday) morn ing, one of the female servants came down stairs, and on entering the parlour a most appalling spectacle was pre sented to her view ; the body of her master was found ex tended on the floor, deluged in blood, which had flowed from a frightful wound in the head ; and near him lay a large duelling pistol, with which it was evident the deed had been perpetrated. Mr. Griffith, a surgeon, residing at 39, in the same terrace, was immediately called in, but could ren der no assistance, the unfortunate gentlem* having been dead some time. From an examination of the wound it appears that death mist have been almost instantaneous ; but it is rather ex traordinary that the report of the pistol was not heard by any of the inmates. He was about fifty years of age. Information of the event has been forwarded to Mr. Stir ling, the Coroner, who will, hold an inquest on the body this day. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 20. The King has been graciously pleased to appoint Samuel Gardner, Esq. to be his Majesty's Consul at Jassy. CROWN OFFICE, MAy 20. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE. IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. City of Kilkenny—Daniel O'Connell, Esq., in the room of Richard Sullivan, Esq., who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. WHITEHALL, MAY 13. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Crews Dudley, of the city of Oxford, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery., WHITEHALL, MAY 16. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Birch, of Rochester, in the county of Kent, Gent, to be Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, MAY 17. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Goodwin Wagstaffe, of Grantham, in the county .of Lincoln, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WAR OFFICE, MAY 20 _ _. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guar - ds—M. Pipon, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Watson, who retires, May 20. Scots Fusiliers--Brevet Colonel E. Bowater to be Lieutenant- Colonel by purchase, vice Keate, who retires ; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel John Aitcheson, to be Major, with the rank of Colonel, by purchase, vice Bowater ; Lieutenant and Captain G. Dixon to be Captain and Lieut.-Colonel by purchase, vice Aitchison ; Ensign and Lieutenant E. Gage to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Dixon ; C. V. Le vinge, Gent. to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gage, May 20. ' 6th Regiment of Foot—Ensign M. Hall to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Walker, deceased, March 18 ; C. N. North, Gent., to be Ensign, vice all, May 20. 11th Foot—Lieutenant H. Elliott, from the half-pay of the 3d Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Benson, 'appointed Paymaster of the 28th Regiment of Foot, May 20. 16th Foot—Ensign R. A. Sparkes, from the half-pay of the York Chasseurs, to be Ensign, vice 13rabazon, deceased, May 20. 20th Foot—Lieut. W. Murray, from the 1..)5th Regiment of Abt, to be Lieutenant, vice Hutchinson, who exchanges, Jan. 9. 28th Font—Lieut. G. T. Benson, from the 11th Ileg,iment of Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Hilliard, appointed to the 68th Regi ment of Foot, May 20. . . . . . 31st Foot—Lieut. S. 0. Goodwin to be Captain, without pur chace, vice Greene, deceased ; Ensign W. Maule to be Lieutenant, vice Goodwin, Dec. 22; Ensign F. J. Thomas to be Lieutenant, vice Maule, whose promotion of 29th Dec., 1835, has not taken place ; G. Douglas, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Thomas, May 20. 40th Foot—Ensign W. A. Fyers to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Elton, who retires ; F. Russell, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Fyers, May 20. 55th Foot—Lieut. G. Hutchinson, from the 20th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Murray, who exchanges, Jan. 9. 56th Foot—Major G. M. Eden to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Prichard, who retires, May 20 ; Captain F. 0. Leighton to be Major, by purchase, vice Eden ; Lieut. J. Wcgg to be Captain, by purchase, vice Leighton ; Ensign W. A. Conran, to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Wegg ; D. Lucas, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Conran, May 20. 62d Foot—Captain H. Astier, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice C. F. Neynoe, who exchanges, May 21. 66th Foot—Captain T. H. 'Johnston to be Major, by purchase, vice Daniell, who retires ; Lieutenant T. G. Armstrong to be Captain, by purchase, vice Johnston ; Ensign C. M'Carty to be Lieutenant., by purchase, vice Armstrong; Hon. E. A. F. 11. Lambart to be Ensign, by purchase, vice M'Carty, May 20. 68th Foot—Lieutenant \V. F. V. Graham to be Captain, by purchase, vice Vivian, who retires ; Ensign J. M. Napier to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Graham ' • L. C. Elms, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Napier, May 20. 71st Foot—Capt. C. Stewart, to be Major, by purchase, vice Napier, who retires ; Lieut. H. T. Beresford to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stewart ; Ensign W. Wilkinson, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Beresford ; Sholto John Lord Aberdour, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wilkinson, May 20. 76th Foot—Paymaster M. Collins, from the 2d West .India Re giment, to be Paymaster, vice Kennedy, appointed to the 22d Foot, May 20. Royal African Colonial Corps—Major J. Hingston to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, without purchase; Lieut. J. Mac Donnell to be Captain, without purchase ; Ensign T. Smales to be Lieutenant, vice Macdonnell ; W. St. Leger Angelo, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Smales, May 20. UNATTACHED. Lieut. H. Astier, from the 31st Regiment of Foot, to be Cap tain, without purchase, May 20. MEMORANDUM'. The date of Dr. J. F. Clarke's appointment, to full pay as As sistant-Inspector of Hospitals, is May 22, 1835. His Majesty has been graciously pleased to permit the sth Regi ment of Foot, or Northumberland Fusiliers, to bear on its colours and appointments, in addition to any other badges or devices which may have herotofore been authorised, the word " Wilhelmstahl," in commemoration of the gallantry displayed by the Regiment when serving with the Allied Army, under Prince Ferdinand of Bruns wick, at the battle of Groebenstein, on the 24th June 1762, parti cularly on the capture of a great number of prisoners belonging to the Grenadiers of France and the Regiment d'Aquitaine, in the Woods of Wilhelmstahl. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of the County of York. North York Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry.—S. W. L. Fox, Esq. o be Captain, vice the Earl of Tyrconnel, resigned, May 10. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Salop. South Salopian Yeomanry.—P. Charlton, jun., Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Eaton, deceased, ; W. E. Jeffreys, jun., Gent., to be ditto, vice Graham, resigned; E. J. Smyth, Gent., to be Cornet ; T. J. Badger, Gent., to be ditto, May 16. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Southampton. South Avon Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry.—J. Pierman, Gent., to be Cornet, rice J. Olive, resigned, May 7. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Nottingham. Newark Troop of Sherwood Rangers.—R. Hall, Gent., to be Cornet, May 12. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. ERNEST RAPALLO, merchant, Walnut-tree-walk, Lambeth. • EDWARD FINLAYSON GRANT, surgeon, Clarendon square, Somers-town. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM BATTEN, carpenter, Gloucester-place, Walworth, May 27, at one, and July 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Kiss and Son, London-street, Fenchurch-street ; Whit more, official assignee, Basinghall-street. THOMAS DOBSON, Scotch and Manchester agent, Barge yard, Bucklersbury, May 27 and July 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Smith, New Boswell-court, Carey -street. WILLIAM CRAVEN, paper-manufacturer, Horsforth, York shire, June 7 and July 1, at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds. Lambert and Burder, John-street, Bedford-row; Snowdon, Bond street, Leeds. ROBERT JAMES, bone-dust-manufacturer, Chalkside, Se bergham, Cumberland, May 30 and July 1, at eleven, at the Crown and Miter Inn, Carlisle. Mounsey, Carlisle. WILLIAM HAWKINS, timber merchant, Nottingham, May 28 and July 1, at eleven, at the Peacock Inn. l'elham-strect, Not tingham. Valiance, Essex-street, Strand; Gregg, Nottingham. JOSEPH BURWELL and HENRY CROOES, cloth mer chants, Huddersfield, May 31 and July 1, at three, at the George Inn, Huddersfield. Lake and Waldron, Poland-street, Oxford street ; Battye and Claye, Huddersfield: BENJAMIN WATERHOUSE, cotton-spinner, Glossop, Derbyshire, June 1 and 2, at three, at the Commissioners' Rooms, St. James's-square, Manchester. Makinson and Sanders, Elm court, Temple; Atkinson, Birch, and Saunders, Norfolk-street, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. R. Everard, boulting cloth weaver, Upper Thames-street, June 13, at half-past eleven—W. Walcot, grocer, Exeter, June 13, at half-past twelve—R. Gascoyne, tailor, Richmond, Surrey, June 13, at half-past one—J. F. Taylor, wine merchant, Great St. He len's, Bishopscrate-street, June 13, at half-past two—R. B. Han son, boot matter, Bedford, June 10, at half-past eleven— W. Llewellyn, iron founder, Cow-cross, West Smithfield, June 14, at twelve—G. Boyer, tanner, Farnham-place, Southwark, June 11, at one—R. Priestly, bookseller,. High Holborn, June 13, at twelve In the Conntry.. B. Spalding, linen draper, Woodbridge, Suffolk, June 23, at eleven, at the Great White Horse Inn, Ipswich—B. Woodhcad , scribbling miller, Shronsbridge, Yorkshire, June 16, at ten, at the George Inn, Huddersfield—W. and R. Wilkes, drapers, Shrews bury, June 29, at one, at the Temporary Shire Hall, Shrewsbury— J. Dawson, scrivener, Liverpool, June 14, at twelve, at the Claren don Rooms, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES. —JUNE 10. J. S. Agar, engraver, Hammersmith—G. D. Fisher, maltster , Waterhouse Cottage, Wiltshire—H. Bellingham, surgeon, Assem bly-row, Mile-end-road—R. Barnewell, merchant, Liverpool. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Miller and Co., ship builders, Kingston-upon-Hull (so far as regards T. Grant )—J. Sharp and S. Strangman, spirit mer chants, Liverpool—M. Albrecht and E. Leigh, cotton spinners, Macclesfield—J. Shepherd and T. Ralph, painters, Ashton-under- Lyne—J. T. Evill and J. Gray, common brewers, Bath—B. Wrigley and B. Waterhouse, cotton spinners, Oldham—R. Wall work and Co., cotton spinners, Chorlev, Lancashire (as far as re gards J. Wilkinson)—..l. Whitley anal Co., salt manufacturers, 3Vinsford, Chester—E. C. and J. Mitchell, woollen dealers, Liverpool. A letter from Paris of the 9th of this month, says, " After we had an Italian winter, and were beginning to be lieve in a transformation of climates, since there was frost at Marseilles and Algiers, while we had here scarcely any cold, a very disagreeable and unhappily destructive late winter has lately visited us; last night we had two degrees of cold, and this morning we hail the very unexpected, but, on account of its consequence, very afflicting sight of the streets, and roofs, and the trees, which were clothed in luxuriant foliage, hidden by a thick covering of snow, which the power of the sun had riot wholly melted at noon. All the finest fruit -trees, parti cularly the vines, have suffered severely. It cannot yet be determined whether the corn has sustained any damage." _2,500 SSO FURTHER PARTICULARS. This event, which has deprived the sporting world of one of its leading characters, was, for some hours after the oc currence, kept profoundly secret, and it was not until nearly ten o'clock that the melancholy affair became known to the fashionable inhabitants, or other persons in the immediate vicinity of the deceased's residence. At Tattersall's the news was received between ten and eleven o'clock, a period at which a great number of gentlemen had assembled prior to their departure for the race-course, to witness the con test for the Oaks, and the effect which the intelligence had upon the meeting, was that of the deepest surprise and re gret. It was currently reported yesterday evening , at an early hour, that the inquest on the body 'wou'Al be held on the same night, before the coroner, Mr. Stirling. This, however, proved to be erroneous ; and from all that can be collected, the investigation, which, it is supposed, will oc cupy many hours, and that a number of distinguished wit nesses will be examined, will not be gone into until this af ternoon. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. 'Yesterday a Court was held " to receive the Report of the Committee of the whole Court in relation to the Mu nicipal Instittitions of the City ;" and upon other impor tant business. Alr. SAVAGE presented a petition from Esther Ager, a plumber and glazier, in Fetter-lane, who had been com pelled in 1835 to take up her freedom at an expense of 461. 17s. Sd., praying that the Court would return part of the money to her in consideration of the recent changes with respect to the freedom, and on account of her family. The petition was referred to the Committee of General Purposes. Alderman VENABLES presented a petition from certain inhabitants of the ward of Cripplegate-Within, complaining of the misappropriation of part of the money raised for the purpose of establishing, ordering, and well governing a nightly watch. The petition impugned the conduct of the Alderman and Common Council of the ward. After a few words from Mr. MOORE, Mr. Ald. VENABLES moved that the report be referred to a, Committee. Mr. As EATON, after some discussion, proposed, as an amendment, that it lie on the table. The amendment was carried by a majority of 52 against 43. THE RIGHTS OF THE LIVERY. Ald. WILSON then presented the following memorial from the Master, Wardens, and Commonalty of the mystery of Cutlers of London : That your memorialis have heard with surprise that a proposal will be submitted to your Honourable Court for depriving the Livery of London of their ancient privilege of electing the Lord Mayor, - Sheriffs, and various other officers of - this City; and that such deprivation would ope rate as a very improper and unnecessary disfranchisement of a highly-important and independent body of electors in timately connected with the. welfare of the City of London. That although the Livery of this Company would not ob ject to any regulation or enactment fcr the admission of the housekeepers and occupiers of premises within the City of London, not being liverymen, to a par ticipation of their privileges, under such modifications and regulations as the Legislature may feel desirable, yet they feel it due to themselves and their successors to resist, by all legal and constitutional means, the proposed measure, so far as respects their own disfranchisement. That the Livery of the various Corporate Companies of the City of London are highly interested in its welfare. Several of the Companies have large estates in the city, and a great propor tion of the individual members are also closely identified with its interests by property held or employed in it or its immediate vicinity to a large amount. That the Legislature have, in the Reform Act, recognised and preserved the rights of the Livery of London by continuing to them, while resident within seven miles thereof, in common with the housekeepers, the franchise of electing representatives of the Commons' House of Parlia recnt ; and the Livery of this Company value too highly their ancient municipal privileges to consent tacitly to their suppres sion under the provisions of a measure ostensibly introduced for the extension of the elective franchise. Your memorialists, therefore, pray that this Honourable Court will be pleased to, withhold its sanction from any such measure of injury and de privation, &c. &c." Alderman WILSON moved that the memorial should be taken into consideration when the subject should. be under the discussion in the Court. An amendment that the memorial should lie on the table was then moved and negatived, and the original motion was agreed to by a large majority. THE MUNICIPAL INSTLTUTIONS OF THE CITY OF LONDON. The Lau MAYOR laid upon the table the report of the Committee of the whole Court upon the municipal ins:i tutions of the city. His Lordship suggested the propriety of sending back the report for a formal reference, to which hereafter objection could not be taken. After some conversation the suggestion was adopted, and the report was ordered to be printed. The LORD MAYOR intimated that be would appoint an early day fur the consideration of the subject.—Adjourned. The Earl of Glengall acquires 2,9001. a-year by the death of his mother, the Dowager Countess. In immense oak was last week felled on the road from Vitro to Fougeres. It was 22 feet in circumference, had a s traight trunk thirty feet lon g, a n d we i g h e d twenty-four tons. Ten pair of oxen and twenty horses were requited to carry it aw 11 . of l o f Inc ancao.v de at h Captain Cotton, of the 7th Hussars, which recently took place at Kingsgatc, was oc casioned by a severe cold caught by remaining on horseback in his wet clothes, about 'a month ago, the day before attending his sister's marriage to Captain Beare, of the 40qi Regimen" which was celchrdted at St. Peter's, Isle of Thanet. This young officer was only in his 25th year, and was much bele.yed, by all his brother officers, for his gentlemanly feeling, a nd upright and manly bearing.